Gold for Tamara Robles Taekwondoca in Barranquilla-2018

The cyclist Arlenis Sierra and the Oro para taekwondoca Tamara Robles en Barranquilla-2018 obtained two golden metals, marked the first day of finals for the Cuban delegation to the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, underway in the Colombian city of Barranquilla.

Sierra, recognized as one of the main figures in road cycling on the island, won the individual time trial at 21.2 km, a race staged in the city of Cali, one of the two sub- venues of the regional multi-sport event.

For his part, Robles, just 17, dominated the 53-kilogram division, where she impressed with 72 points, 69 of them for her own technical actions and only three for warnings to the opponents.

Cuba also added silver medals through the weightlifter Ludia Montero and the men's artistic gymnastics team; and the bronzes of the cyclist Pedro Portuondo, the weightlifter Otto Oñate (2), the swimmer Luis E. Vega, the taekwondo Miguel Angel Aguiar and the women's table tennis team.

Other highlights of the day included rower Angel Founier, who was included in the final A of the single, open category, with the best record of preliminaries and the men's table tennis team, which ensured presence in the final tomorrow to his fellow Puerto Rican team.In the one-metre trampoline, Anisley Garcia's young promise stood out, finishing fourth ahead of Cuba's Prisis L. Ruiz, while Carlos Escalona (sixth) and Angello Alcebo (eighth) competed in the men's category.

Among the collective sports, the victory of the baseball team stood out, when Cuba beat the strong Mexican national team with a score of five runs to zero, with a great performance of starter Lázaro Blanco and an offensive contribution from Yordan Manduley. For today it is expected that the Cuban delegation will increase its harvest in the general medal by countries, with wide possibilities of titles in table tennis, taekwondo and rowing, among other sports.

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